Ruff Stuff by bmac62
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A very rare treat here, especially for all you young and old model makers, air museum and airshow goers.
Didn't want to add a frame and detract any attention from this old girl restored to like new condition.
Meet "Ruff Stuff", named in honor of a still vibrant WWII P-38, Lockheed Lightning pilot by the name of Norb Ruff who lives today in Wisconsin. Lockheed built more than 10,000 Lightnings during WWII. They were particularly valued for long range and reliability in the Pacific Theater. Today there are less than 1/2 dozen flying.
UPDATE: Thanks to Renderosity artist "neiwil", I have just found out that Norb Ruff saw this plane at Oshgosh in 2007 but died a few months later in November 2007. Check out neiwil's excellent Poser Tribute and Memorial in his gallery. Title is Ruff Stuff (for bmac62). Here's his link to copy/paste in your browser if needed. http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/browse.php?user_id=210847
Have photos of this bird in the air and have uploaded one...see "Ruff Stuff Airborne". This photo was taken Aug 24, 2008 at Kansas City's Aviation Expo.
Bill
Comments (15)
fochs
What an awesome plane!! Great pic of it as well...
westsider
Very nice photo. Was this taken at Oshkosh? Please continue to post your other pics of this war bird. Thanks.
Alz2008
Wonderful capture, Excellent well done..
dbrv6
Thats a very nice capture - and I thought she was black from the other image.
neiwil
Very nice picture my friend.'Question',does the yellow X appear on the port side? and is there any nose art, if so do you have a pic of that?.
RobyHermida
Wonderful shot and work my friend!!
Osper
Nice close up shot.
Charberry
This reminds me of the Confederate Air Force show we have here every few years. We get great shows in this area, since we live in proximity (but not close) to our airport. We had a mock dogfight between a Japanese Zero and a Corsair from WWII over our backyard one year. Fascinating.
debbielove
Superb shot. Great plane. Saw one once at the Warbirds Display many moons ago. Non in the U.K. now. Great there are still some flying. Well done. Rob
kansas
I remember these planes. Great shot.
CavalierLady
Beautiful restoration on this historical airplane. I'm sure it's very meaningful to air force buffs. We saw 'puff the magic dragon' at an airshow once. My husband was thrilled to see it and the other planes.
1998328is
Thanks for the great pic. I'm sure it will come in handy.
ariaans
GREAT picture!! Feels like I'm a visitor myself! Beautiful composition! :)
kasalin
Beautiful & wonderful capture, Excellent well done !!! vote:)5++++++++
Buffalo1
I know an old pilot and this was his kind of ride in Italy 1944. Cool bird and great compo.